Tape reversing and feeding attachment for sewing machines



Aug.' 16,1927. I

G.r BOGDONOFF TAPE REvERsING AND FEEDING' ATTAQHMEN'TFQR SEWING MACHINES Filed Sept. 20, 1922 5 Sheets-Sheet l Aomffrs 16 1927. Aug G. BoGDoNoFF TAPE REVERSING AND FEEDING ATTACHMENT FOR SEIWING- MACHINES Vlam, ATTO/Mew 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 A `16 1927. ug G. BoG-DoNoFF' TAPE REVERSINGAND FEEDING ATTACHMENT FR SEWINGl MACHINES Filed Sept. 20, 1922 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 N wkk victim l Patented Aug."1 6,1927. l i 1,638,823 y UNITED STATES PATENT oFr-ficE.

GLENN EOGDONOEE, OE' NEW YORK, N. Y., AssIGNoR OF ONE-HALE .To R. K.` M. MEG. oo., OE NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OE NEW JERSEY, AND ONE-HALE To ALBERTS MEG. oo.,- INO., OE HAOKENsAcx, NEWJEnsEY,v A CORPORATION OE NEW JERSEY.

TAPE REVERSING AND FEEDING ATTACHMENTl FOR SEWING MACHINES.

Application filed September 20, 1922. Serial No. 589,309.

This invention relates, generally, to imbodiinent of the principles of thepresent inpr'ovements in sewing machines employed in vention, said viewjrepresenting in connection the art of attaching tapes provided with the therewithk a fragmentary portion of the sewf usual garment-fasteners, suchas hooks or ing machine table to which said feed-attachl eyes, to garments; and the present invention ment. is attached. i 55 has reference, more, particularly,'to a novel Figure 2 is a sidel elevation of the said .and simply constructed, as well as an 'ef guiding means, looking in the direction of i vficiently operating guiding means for sew the arrow. v in said Figure 1.,

ing machines, for feeding such attaching Figure 3 is a perspective view` of a seti strips or tapes, with the garment-fasteners, ting gauge used with' the guiding means, ou properly beneath the needles of thesewing said view showing in connection therewithv machine, lfor sewing the strips or tapes to a fragmentary portion of the base-plate the garments, and without danger of crushforming a: part of .the guiding means, and a ing the Said garmeiit fagtenerg fragmentary portion of the fastener-pro- !f The invention has for ,its principal Object vided tape,as it passes along the side ofsaid ua. to provide a novel and simply constructed setting gauge, andk prior to passing beneath guiding means for sewing machines, for the the needles to be sewed fast to the garment; purposes herein-above stated, with a view of and Figure 4 is a perspective view of one rapidly and properly presenting the strips of a pair of adjusting guides employed or tapes, with the garment-fasteners atwith the guiding means attachment. .v 70 vtached thereto, upon the sewing table of Figure 5 is a transverse vertical sectional the machine, and beneath the sewing needles representation, said section being taken on thereof, foi` the attachment of suchstrips or-f line 5.-5 iii-'said Figure 1, looking in the tapes tothe gaiiiients, with the garmentdirection of the. arrow y.

. fasteners, such as the hooks and eyes, Figure 6 is a perspective view of a com- IL properly spaced with relation to the upbilled feed-plate and tape-feeding guide `per, and lower edges of the garment, to llnllig a part of the guiding means, said which the strips or tapes are being attached. VlW ShOWlIlg in connection therewith the Other objects of the present invention not l'e'ltiVe pOSitiOnS 0f the sewing needle,

o at this time more particularly enumerated rinsed above the feed-plate.. 8o will be clearly understood from the fol- Figure 'is a transverse vertical sectional lowing detailed description of the present .IpIeSeIlttLtlOIl Of the guiding means, said inventionl section being taken on line 7 7 in said Vith the vai-ions Objects in View, the pre-S- Figure 1, said view showing in connection 5 'ent invention consists, primarily, in the therewith a cross-sectional representation of 5 iiovel guiding -means for sewing-machines the tape PIOVded With garment fasteners i' hereinafter more fully set forth; and the in the 'OIIII 0f hO0kS, 011e of which is resirid invention consists, furthermore, in the SEIlcd in eleVIt-IOD.; and Figure 8 is a siminovel arrangements and combinations of the liu Cross-sectional representation of the 4o various devices and parts, as well as in the guiding ,means, said view also showing in. im details of the construction of the said parts, connection therewith a cross-sectional repreall off which will be more fullyT described sentation of a tape provided with garment in the following specification, and then finalfasteners in the form of eyes, one of which ljiyembodied in the clauses of the claims,- is represented in elevation, said Figures 45 which are appended'to and which form an 7 and 8 being made on. enlarged scales. 'JJ essential part' of the specification. Figure 9 is a transverse vertical sectional rIhe invent-ion is illustrated in the accomrepresentation and party perspective ofy a panying drawings, in which portion of the guiding means, said secion Figure 1 is a top or plan View of a guiding being taken on line 9 9 in Figure 1. 60 means for sewing machines, showing one ein-V Figure 10 is a perspective view, showing 1W 'l yor manufacturer,

` ablyplaced diagrammatically the movement of the tape as it passes through the guiding means, said view illustrating in connection therewith the relative positions of the setting lgauge and of the adjusting guides.

Figures 11 and 12 are 4views of the respective oppositeffaces of a portion of the tape provided with garment fasteners in the form of hooks; Figures 13'and 14 are views of the respective opposite faces of a portion of the tape provided witli garment fasteners in the forni of eyes; and Figure 15 is a: view, partly in cross-section and partly in perspective, of fragmentary portions of a piece of tape provided with garment fas-V chine provided with the /usual foot-bar 2 which carries the presser-foot 3, substantial-- ly as shown in Figure 2 of the drawings. Connected with the usual head 4, which carries the said foot-bar 2,. are the lneedlebars 5, two of suchlast-mentioned bars being employed in the present instance, and each needle-bar 5 having secured thereto, in anyV suitable manner, a sewing needle 6 of any usual construction, forsewing portions of the tapes 7 or 8, respectively provided with spaced hooks 9 and eyes 10 to a garment, as will be understood. f

ln practice, these tapes 7 or 8, with the garment fasteners suitably spaced and secured thereto, are furnished in large rollsl by one manufacturer to the garment worker such fastener-provided 0f wound upon reels which are suitbneath or upon the bench carrying the sewing machine, to be fed by the guiding means, embodying 'the principles of the present invention, directly upon the sewtapes bein ing table 1, to pass over the channeled feed' plate 32 and beneath the presser-foot 3 and the needles 6 for stitching the tape to the garment.

As shown inthe several figures of the drawings, the` hooks 9 and the eyes l() are suitably spaced in' series of five'fasteners upon the` respective strips or tapes 7 and Si, providing between the series offasteners a space, as11, known as the cut-off, as willbe evident from an inspection more particularly of Figures 1, 11 and 13 of the drawinOs. tlitel following,A description of the drawings,

that the' garment fasteners may be differentiv ly spaced, and the number of fasteners iii each series may be greater or .less than five, as here shown, and that the sa-nieguifding It will be-apparent, liowever,`fromfy imams means, owing to the adjustability of certain of its parts, may still be used without removal. from the sewing machine, with strips or tapes having different series of said garment fasteners.

It will be necessary to state at this time, that the tapes with their attached garment fasteners are reeled in such a manner, that in order to bring the fasteners, when passing beneath the sewing needles, in the relative positions so as to extend downwardly from the tape, as shown in Figures 7, 8 and l5 of the drawingsbthe tape during the feeding operations has to be looped, as at 12, see liigures 2 and 10 of the drawings, and one of the principal objects of the present.inven tion, therefore, is to provide a guiding means which will produce such looping of the strip or tape. in other words, the guiding means is constructed and operates in such a manner, that during the feeding operation, the garment fasteners will first be presented upwardly, so that they can be seen by the operator, but will be presented downwardly while the tape is being sewed fast to the garment, so that the fasteners are not seen by the oper ator,'the device working properly, so that the sewing operations are rapidly performed, and with all danger of the operator making any mistake 'eliminated l The guiding meansherein above mentioned comprises a main member or element, in

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the forni of a suitably shaped. plate 13,

adapted to be placed in position relative to the sewing table 1, by slipping its longitudinally extendingmarginal edge-portions 14 and 15l into `properly placed receiving grooves or channels, as 16 and 17, see Figure 5 of the drawings, with which the said sewing table 1 is provided. It will 'be understood, however, that the said plate 13 may be secured in any other suitable manner in. its

Ioperative position upon the said sewingA table 1 of the sewing machine, if desired.

'properly guide the same upon the channeled feed plate 32 and beneath the preser-foot and tlie sewing needles of the machine in the manner and for the purposes to be hereinafter more fully described. As will be seen from aninspection of Figure 2 of the drawings, one of the saidfmarginal ribs, as

24, extends beyond the curved edge-portion loo v26 of the portion 22, so as to provide a suitably curved strengthening brace, as 27,being suitably secured in its fastened posit-ion by means of screws 28, or other suitable fastening means, as will be evident. A bracket, as 29, may also be provided for retaining the said parts 20, 21 and 22 in`a rigid relation'to each other, and to maintain a loop 23, of the desired and proper shape. It will be understood, however, that in lieu of the strengthening brace 27 and the bracket 29, other means may be employed for maintaining the proper relation of the various parts.

1n addition, the said plate 13 maybe pro-` vided with a downwardly projecting member, as 30, which serves as a ngerpiece tor clipping the said plate into its operative position upon the sewing table 1 ot' the sewing machine, or for removing it therefrom, if desired. 1n alinement with the end-portion 31 of the guide-member 19 is a suitably formed feed plate, which as will be seen trom an inspection ot Figures 1, 2, 6, 7 and 8 of the drawings, consists of a main plate 32 u.' :ually provided with perforations 33 for n the reception of screws by means ot' which the saidplate is secured in its proper position upon the sewing table 1 of the sewing machine. Y

This plate-32 is also provided with suitably disposed openings, as 34, in which the feed dogs (not shown) common to sewing machines are adapted to reciprocate, the said plate 32 being also providedwith suitably disposed ribs or upwardly projecting members, as 35, which serve as guides for the margins of the fastener tape and prevent lateral displacement of the fastener-provided strip or tape relative to the sewing. needles, presser toot and cooperating feeddogs. The said presser-foot is also made with openings, as 36, in alignment with the previously mentioned openings 34, so as not to interfere with the reciprocatory movement and sewing operations of the sewing needles 6. Suitably secured by means of screws 37, or otherwise, upon the upper sui'- face of the plate 13 and at one side of the guide-member 19 is a plate 38 upon which is mounted by suitable fastening means, as 39, a hemmer40 to turn the edge-of the garment material to which the fastener-tape is to be sewn, said hemmer having the usual curved goods turning members or portions 43 and 44, all arranged so that the raw edge of the garment is turned or hemmed before meeting the fastener-tape passing beneath saidl hemmer, and thence passing with the fastener-tape beneath the presser foot and over the feed-plate subject to the sewing operations ot the sewing needles. Secured by .screws 4l. is a ,member 42 which spans the tape guidewa. beneath the hemmer 40.

vhen the fastener-provided strip or ta e 7 provided with the hooks 9 isgused with t xe guiding means, the previously described feed-plate is provided in its body 32 with a guide-channel 45 for the reception and movement therethrough of the projecting end-portions of the hooks 9, as shown in Figures 6 and 7 of the drawings, and if desired one side of said channel maybe undercut as at 46 to engage the tip ot' the hook. The said guide-channel 45 lies beneath and intermediate the sides of the presser foot, and

provides a clearance passage -for the hooks of the fastener tape, so that descent ot' the presser toot will neither engage-said hooks, so as to interfere with the forward movement of the tape, nor crush said hooks dur.-

'the side of the guide-member 19 o posite the plate 38 which is provided with t e hemmer 40 is a setting gauge, illustrated more particularly. in Figures 1 and 3 of the drawings, the said gauge comprising a main base-plate 47 upon which is movably disposed a sli-de 48. This slide is provided with an elongated opening or slot 49, and with a laterally projecting gauging finger 50 which extends over the tape and is arranged at such a height that it will not interfere with the movement of the tape tl'ierebeneath. Disposed above the said opening or slot 49 of the slide 48 is a fastening or securing plate 51, provided with screw-receiving pei'torations 52 for the reception ot' the screw-threaded Shanks of thumbscrews 53, the shanks of which are passed into and through the previously mentioned opening or slot 49 and then screwed into the screw-threaded holes 54 correspondingly located in the base-plate 47. -By slightly un'- screwing the thumb-screws 53, the slide 43 and the gauging linger 50 may be moved in either direction, so as to be properly adjusted for the purposes hereinafter more fully described, and then secured in its adj usted position by screwing down the thumbscrews and causing a xed and clamped relation between the fastening or securing plate 51, the slide 48, and the main base-plate 47, as will be clearly evident.

Another guide-member of the guiding means is indicated by the reference-character 55, this member being suitably secured at one end to the previously mentioned plate 13, and extending rearwardly from said plate, preleral'ily, at an acute angle to the said guide-member 19 land its parts, substantially as shown in Figure 1 o the drawings. 'lhe said guide-member 55 is also provided along its marginal edge-portions with marginal ribs 56 and 5T, so asto provide a guiding space of suitable width to receive the fastener-provided strip or tape, and guide the same over the previously mentioned 1001123 and upon the guide-member 19. At its receiving end, the saidv guide,- member 55 has secured thereon by means of screws. 58, or in any other suitable manner, a bridge-plate 59 having an upwardly curving pait, as 60, for the proper insertion 0f the free-end of the strip or tape, and the arrangement of the tape in the tapereceiving space of the guide-members, prior to the sewing operation of the sewing machine. At its discharge-end, the said guidemember 55 is providedwitha downwardly curving' extension, as 61, which terminates in close proximity directly' above the upwardly curved` part 22 of the loop 23, for properly moving` the strip or tape from said guidemember 55 upon and over said loop 23 and upon the guide-member 19, as will be .clearly understood from an inspection of Figures l and 2 of the drawings. As an extra precaution, the edge-portion of the plate 13, directly beneath this curved extension 61 is also correspondingly curved in a downward direction, as at 62, to provide a means for positively guiding the feeding operation ot' the fastener-provided strip or tape. In connection with the said guidemember 55, l prefer to use a pair of adjustably disposed space-indicating members or guides 63 and 6l, each guide consisting of a lni'ain body-plate (S5 adapted to be placed so as to bridgejover the receiving space of the guide-member 55, and provided with curved or hook-shaped marginal embracing niembers, as 66 and 67, see Figure 4 of the drawings, which respectively embracejithe marginal ribs 56 and 57 of the guide-member 55 in a loose manner, so that the' said guides (1.'3 and 64 may be slid back and forth upon the ribs ofthe guide-member for the d esired adjustment thereon, and for the purpose to be presently set forth. One means ot' immovably securing said guides 63 and.

(34 in their adjusted positions, is in the form ot" thumb-screws 68, the screw-threaded shanhs of which are screwed into and through screw-threaded holes 69 with which the plates are provided, so that the free ends of the Shanks of the said screws 68 and the embracing members 66 and 67 of the respective guides 63 and 64 will be brought positively into frictional holding engagement with the said guide-member 55, so as to immovably fix the said guides 63 and 64 in their adjusted bridgin relation to the said guide-member 55, as wi l be clearly understood.

Havingin the foregoing description set forth a construction of strip or tape guiding means illustrating one embodiment of the principles of the present invention, I will now brieflyv set forth the manner of using operator prior to inserting the free end of j the strip or tape between the inserting or receiving end of the guide-member 55 and the bridge-plate 59, by means. of scissors or shears, first cuts olf a port-ion of the tape, so as to bring the first garment fastener the proper distance from the endof the tape to correspond to the distance that said first fastener, when the tape is sewn fast to the garment, is to be located from the upper edge of the garment. The tape, with its face-portions from which the garment fasteners are upwardly exposed, is now passed upon the said guide member 55, with the fasteners thus exposed to the View of the pperator, the same being led down upon andy over the loop 23, and thence upon the guidemember 19, in consequence of which the tape becomes arranged in a reversed position upon said guide-member 19, with the garment fasteners thereupon located upon the underside of the tape, s0 that they are not seen by the operator. The operator then continues to move the tape upon the guideinen'iber 19 in a direction toward the lowered sewing needles until the free end of the tape is brought against the needles, thetape l passing between the ribs or projections 35 of the feed plate 32, and if provided with fasteners of hook form, the hooks being disposed in the channel 45 of said feed plate.

The gauging finger 50 of the slide 48 of the setting gauge is now moved into registering position with the exposed stitchings or threads, as 70, see Figure l, which secure the garment fasteners to the tape, of the first fastener of the second series of garment fasteners, and the gauging finger is then securely fixed in its adjusted' position by means of. the previously mentioned thumbl screws 53 and the fastening or securing plate v51. adjusting guides 63 amd64, adjusting them in such-position upon the `guide-member 55, that a series of the upwardly exposed garment fasteners upon the tape will be located between the said guides 63 and 64, as will be clearly evident from an inspection of Figures land 10 of the drawings. After such adjustment of the guides 63 and 64 has been made the operator is ready for the sewing operation of the sewing machine with which the guiding means is used.

From an inspection of said Figure 1, it

The'operator next loosens the E will be evident, that the pu use of the said guides 63.and 64, after theyave been fixed 1n the adjusted positions by tightening the thumb-screws connected with the same, is to .for sewing fastener provided tape to garof guide-memprovide a means of-indication, so as to enable the operator to readily observe that the same number of fasteners ineach succeeding series of fasteners, will be presented; and, furthermore, to enable the operator to quickly obwhen there are any missing garment as the strip or tape asses along the guide-member 55 of the guiding means.

Prior to the operation of sewing the fastener-provided strip or tape to the garment,

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-that'portion of the tape initially located beare properly sewn fast tween the gauging nger 50 and the'lowered sewing machine needles, as' has just been re lated, may be pulled back so that the firstlocated fastener of the free endlportion of the tape is brought into gauging relation with the finger 50. The garment 71, to the edge of which the tapesis to be sewed fast, is now 'passed throughy the hemmer 40 so as to be properly placed over the leading end of the tape, with the upper marginal edge of the garment in registration with the free endortion of the tape, and then jointly fed by t e operator toward and beneath the reciprocating sewing machine needles, so that, as the machine is setinmotion, both longitudinal edges of the fastener-provided tape to the edge portion of the garment. l

In this manner, garment after garment is easily and quickly fed with the ta e beneath the sewing needles, and the sewe -fast portions of the tape being severed or cut by the operator, with scissors or shears across the cut-off spaces of the fastener tape, as will be understood.

Of course I am fully aware, that various changes may be made in the general arrangements and combinations of the various devices and parts, as well as in the details of the construction of the said parts, without departing from the scope of the present invention as set forth in the foregoing specification, and as defined in the clauses of the claims which are appended thereto. Hence, I do not limit my invention to the exact arrangements and combinations of the various devices and parts as described inthe Asaid specification, nor do Iconfine myself to the exact details of the construction of the .said parts2 as illustrated in' the accompanying drawings. l

'I claimz- 1. A guiding means for sewing machines for sewing fastener provided tape to arments, comprising a pluralit members for receiving and gui ing the tape to the sewing machine needles, and means interposed between the said guide-members for reversing the tape as it passes from one of guiderr guidemember to the other guide-member, comblned withv a feed-plate, said plate being formed with a fastener-receiving channel.

2. A guiding means for sewing machines members for reversing the tape as it passes y from one guide-member to the other guidernember, adjusting guides movably disposed upon one -of said guide-members, and a setting gauge upon said base-plate having a setting finger extending over the other guidemernber.

. ll. A guiding means for sewing machines for sewing fastener provided tape to garments, comprising a main base-plate, a pair of guide-members for receiving and guiding Ithe tape to the sewing machine needles,

means interposed between the said guidemembers for reversing the tape as it passes from one guide-member to the other guidemember, adjusting guides movably disposed upon one of said guide-members, and a setting gauge upon said base-plate having a setting finger extending over the other guide-member, combined with a feed-plate, said feed-plate being formed with a fastenerreceiving channel.

5. A guiding means for sewing machines for sewing fastener provided tape to garments, comprising a main base-plate, a pair of guide-members for receiving and .guiding the tape to the sewing machine needles, a loop-shaped element interposed betweenl the said guide-members for reversing the tape as it passes from one guide-incniber to the other guide-member, adjusting guides movably disposed upon one of said vguide-meinn bers, and a setting gauge upon said baseplate havinga setting finger extending over the other guide-member.

6. A guiding means `for sewingr machines for sewing fastener provided tape lto -garments, comprising a main base-plate, a pair of guide-members for receiving and guiding the tape to the sewing machine needles, a loop-shaped-element interposed between the said guide-members for reversing the tape as it passes from one guidefmember to the other guide-member, adjusting guides movably disposed npori one of said guide-members, and a setting gauge upon said baseplate having a setting finger extending over the other guide-inember, combined 'with a feed-plate, said feed-plate being :formed with a `fastener-receiving channel having an undercut portion.

7. A. guiding means for sewing-machines for sewing fastener provided tape to garments, comprising a main base plate, a tapereceiving guide-member connected with said.

ments, comprising a main base plate, a tapereceiving guide-member connected with said base-plate, said guide-member terminating in iront of said base-plate with a downwardly extending and rearwardly projecting tapereversing loop-member, and a second tapereceiving guide-member also connected with said base-plate and having a discharging end-portion terminating contiguous to and above the free end-portion of said loopmember, combined with a feed-plate, said vfeed-plate being formed with a fastener-receiving channel. j

9. A feed attachment 'for sewing-machines for sewing fastener provided tape to garments, comprising a main base plate, a tapereceiving guide-member connected with said base-plate, Said guide-member terminating in frontotlsaid base-plate with a downwardly extending and rearwardly projecting tapereversing loop-member, and a second ta creceiving guide-member also connected with said base-platel andhaving a discharging end-portion terminating contiguous to and above ,the free end-portion ot said loop-inember, adjusting guides movably disposed upon said second-mentioned guide-member, and a Setting auge upon said base-plate having a setting 'nger extending over said first-inentioned guide member.

10. Aguiding means for sewing machines for sewing fastener provided tape to garments, comprising a main base plate, a tape-l receiving guide-member connected with said baseplate, said guide-member terminating in front of said base-plate with a downwardly extending and rearwardly projecting tape-reversing loop-member, and a second tape-receiving guide-member also connected with said base-plate and having a discharging end-portion terminating contiguous to and above the free end-portion of said loopmember, adjusting guides movably disposed aeeaeaa uponv said second-mentioned guide-member, and a setting gauge upon said base-plate having a setting ringer extending over said first mentioned guide member, combined member, combined with a garment edge hemmer mounted upon said base-plate to overhang said tirst mentioned guide-member, and a i'eedplate extending irom the inner end of said iirst mentioned guide-member beneath the sewing needles ot theinachine.

l2. A feed attachment for sewing-inachines for sewing tape providedV with garment Yfasteners to garments, comprising a main base plate, a tape-receiving guiden'iember connected `with. said base-plate, said guide-member terminating inl front or" said base-plate with a downwardly extending and rearwardly projecting tape-reversing loopinember, and a second tape-receiving guidemember also connected with said base-plate and having a discharging end-portion' terminating contiguous to and above the tree end-portion otl said loop-member, combined with a garment edge hemmer mounted upon said base-plate to overhang said first mentioned guide-member, and a feed-plate extending i'rom the inner end of said Erst men-y tioned guide-member beneath the sewing needles of the machine, said feed-plate being formed with a fastener-receiving channel.

. 131 ln combination with a sewing-machine or sewing fastener-provided tape to a garment, means for guiding the tape -with its fasteners extending upwardl from one of the faces of the tape toward t e machine, means for reversing the tape and guiding the tape with-its fasteners extending down-V wardly from said face of the tape, and a feed-plate toward and above which the tape is fed, said feed-plate being formed with a fastener-receiving channel. p

14. In a two-needle sewing machine for sewing fastener provided tape along both longitudinal edges, a feed-plate'ov'er which the tape may move, a presser foot adapted to contact therewith, and said feed plate having a longitudinal channel intermediate the sides of and beneath the presser foot and so as to be straddled by the sewing needles, said channel being adapted to permit the unguide-member formed with a tape-receiving,

obstructed passage o fasteners of the tape beneath said presser foot.

15.`Iii a two-needle sewing machine for sewing fastener -pro-vided tape along both longitudinal edges, a feed-plate over which the tape may move, a presser foot adapted to contact therewith, said feed plate having a longitudinal channel intermediate the sides of and beneath the presser foot and so as to be stra'ddled by the sewing needles, said channel being adapted to permit the unobstructed passage of fasteners of the tape beneath sai-d presser foot, and means for giiidling said fastener tape to said feed-plate so asto enter the fastenersthereof in said feedplate channel for passage therethrough.

lli. In combination with an attachment for guiding garment fastener-provided tape to the stitching mechanism of a sewing machine, a setting gauge comprising a baseplate, a slide movablv disposed upon said base-plate. and a finger connected vwith said slide. and extending therefrom and over a portion of said guiding attachment.

1T. In combination with an attachment for guiding garment fastener-provided tape to the stitching mechanism of a sewing machine, 'a setting gauge comprising a basieplate, a slide movably disposed upon said base-plate, said slide being provided with an elongated opening, a securing plate disposed over said opening. said securing plate being provided with screw-receiving perl'ioi'ations, thumb-screwshaving their shanks extending through said pe-rforations and through the elongated opening in said slide, and screwed into said base-plate, and a linger connected with said slide and extending therefrom and' over a. portion of said feed-attachment.

.18. In combination willi an attachment foi guiding garment fastener-provided tape to the stitching mechanism ol' a sewing machine. said attachment, con'iprising a lmain channel, a plurality of adjusting guides adjuslablv mounted upon said guide-meml'ier and bridging aid channel. said guide-menibers being provided with hook-shaped marginal members in embracing relation with the marginal ldigg-portions of said main guide-member.

19. In combination with an attachment for guiding garment fastener-privided tape to the stitching mechanism ot' a sewing machine, said attachment comprising a main justably mounted uponsaid guide-,member and bridging said channel. said guide-members being provided with hookshaped marginal members in embracing relation with the marginal edge-portions of said main guidc-member, saidadjusting guides being provided with screw-threaded perforatioiis, and thumb-screws screwed into said perforations, for engagement with/ portions of said main guide-members for securing sai-d adjusting guides in fixed positions upon said main guide-member.

21. In a sewing machine having a feed plate, a presser foot a'daptedto contact therewith, and a channel plate adjacent said tee/d plate, means to permit the free unobstructed passage of a tape having separable fastening 'devices secured thereto, between said presser foot and feed plate, said means comprising a channel in. said feed plate inter,- mediate. the sides of and beneath said presservl'oot.

22. In a sewing machine having a .feed plate.. a presser foot. adapted to cont-acttherewith and a channel platey adjacent said feed plate, means to permit. the. free unobstructed passage of a tape having separable fastening devices seciiied thereto between said presser .foot and feed plate, said means comprising a channel in said feed plate. and means to guide said tape to the feed plate comprising `tioncd channel located below a channel in alignment with said first menthe top of said channel plate.'

In testimony. that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereunto set my hand this 8th day of September, 1922.

GLENN BOGDONOFF.

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